What if Bill Cosby's new NBC comedy is the next "Michael J. Fox Show" disaster? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

TMC · 01-23-2014, 02:31 AM

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The Peacock has had a string of recent failures banking on past NBC stars, from Matthew Perry to Sean Hayes to Michael J. Fox. Why would a new Cosby show be any different?
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Yong Fang · 02-12-2014, 02:01 PM

It could be, who knows.

Lucille Ball's last sitcom was on ABC in the late 1980's and it bombed. I think a lot of the reason it probably did was that she was trying to her 1960's show in the 1980's and it just fell flat. She was too old to do the pratfalls of her old series, plus Gale Gordon (Gale Gordon rocks, but he was what 85 when this was on?)

Why does Bill Cosby feel the need to do another show? Bill will be 77 years old in the 2014-2015 season. Isn't he wealthy enough without doing another show? I mean, hell, the Cosby Show over the years should have paid him upwards to a $100 million dollars. Then he did the CBS show (for some reason, except he likes to work which I think is the reason here) which probably gets no syndication, but probably paid him another $20 million more.

I think Cosby suffers from what I call the "Bear Bryant Syndrome". This is when if someone believes that if they retire that they will die soon afterwards, so they need to keep working to live. Seriously. Coach Bear Bryant coached his last game for Alabama and died the next month because his livilhood and purpose for living is gone. Joe Paterno, I think he died the same way (although it was cancer) off of the football, Lucy Ball died not long after because her dated show bombed and people thought people did not love her anymore.

I am not Bill Cosby accountant, but I mean, jeesh, the man does not have to work another day in his life, and there is no real reason why and how he could be broke enough to do another series. The Cosby Show should have set him up for many lifetimes, and his CBS show was just icing on his huge cake.

So this does not make any sense to me at all.

tv star collector · 02-12-2014, 03:20 PM

I didn't know The Michael J. Fox Show was a "disaster." Has it been cancelled? News to me. I thought it was just pre-empted by the Olympics.

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Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,073	It could be, who knows. Lucille Ball's last sitcom was on ABC in the late 1980's and it bombed. I think a lot of the reason it probably did was that she was trying to her 1960's show in the 1980's and it just fell flat. She was too old to do the pratfalls of her old series, plus Gale Gordon (Gale Gordon rocks, but he was what 85 when this was on?) Why does Bill Cosby feel the need to do another show? Bill will be 77 years old in the 2014-2015 season. Isn't he wealthy enough without doing another show? I mean, hell, the Cosby Show over the years should have paid him upwards to a $100 million dollars. Then he did the CBS show (for some reason, except he likes to work which I think is the reason here) which probably gets no syndication, but probably paid him another $20 million more. I think Cosby suffers from what I call the "Bear Bryant Syndrome". This is when if someone believes that if they retire that they will die soon afterwards, so they need to keep working to live. Seriously. Coach Bear Bryant coached his last game for Alabama and died the next month because his livilhood and purpose for living is gone. Joe Paterno, I think he died the same way (although it was cancer) off of the football, Lucy Ball died not long after because her dated show bombed and people thought people did not love her anymore. I am not Bill Cosby accountant, but I mean, jeesh, the man does not have to work another day in his life, and there is no real reason why and how he could be broke enough to do another series. The Cosby Show should have set him up for many lifetimes, and his CBS show was just icing on his huge cake. So this does not make any sense to me at all.